Northern Lights on top of the world!

Northern Lights holiday to Norway

This is a winter adventure holiday to Norway, visiting Tromso, taking a 2 night cruise around the 'top of the world' to Kirkenes on the border with Russia and giving you the chance to sleep in a snow hotel, mush huskies and see the Northern Lights! Snowmobile across Arctic tundra and sleep on ice in the world’s most northerly snow hotel. Mush huskies and fish for King Crabs; enjoy fish straight from the sea in a quayside restaurant and reindeer cooked over an op...

Northern Lights holiday to Norway

This is a winter adventure holiday to Norway, visiting Tromso, taking a 2 night cruise around the 'top of the world' to Kirkenes on the border with Russia and giving you the chance to sleep in a snow hotel, mush huskies and see the Northern Lights! Snowmobile across Arctic tundra and sleep on ice in the world’s most northerly snow hotel. Mush huskies and fish for King Crabs; enjoy fish straight from the sea in a quayside restaurant and reindeer cooked over an open fire in a Sami Lavvu.

Prices from £2,325 per person including return flights from London. Ask us to check availability. This trip runs daily from December to April (Snow hotel open from 20 December)

Travel around the top of the Norwegian peninsula with Hurtigruten - sail along the fjorded Norwegian coast, journey to NordKapp the most northerly point in Europe. Strangely meaning ‘fast route’ Hurtigruten is a fleet of 11 packet ships operating along the Norwegian coast to Kirkenes at the junction of the border with Russia. Along the way you have unrivalled views of the country’s most dramatic geological attractions and a real dose of Norwegian life. The ships vary in size, design and profile depending on their launch date but all have different cabin types, a restaurant, cafeteria, observation lounge and plenty of open deck space from which to catch sight of the Northern Lights.

On day 3 you travel by snowmobile to Rorbu, stay in fjord side fisherman’s huts alongside the pier in the world’s most northerly fishing village (pop 900). The just 5 huts are built in traditional Rorbuer style with all mod cons. Each has 3 separate bedrooms, a small living room and private WC/shower. Not surprisingly the restaurant here specializes in fish including King Crab from the Barents Sea. Owned and run by Vidar Karlstad, a native born and bred in the village who styles himself as Vidar the Viking and also doubles up as the flight controller at the airport!

Day 1 UK – TROMSO Fly to Tromsø on the edge of Norwegian Lapland. Flybussen transfer to & overnight at Hotel With. This evening, transfer to Camp Tamok before meeting your excitedly barking Alaskan Huskies. Mush your own team and share driving along a 15km trail through the mountainous and forested landscape of the Vass valley before transferring back to Tromsø.

Day 2 TROMSØ –AT SEA Day at leisure in this university town set alongside Tromsø Sound. The Arctic and Polaria museums showcasing the exploits of Polar Explorers Nansen & Amundsen and the Fjellheisen cable car to Mount Storansein with its seascape view of the city are both more than worth it. And of course you shouldn’t leave Tromsø without enjoying fish in one of the city’s myriad restaurants.

Early evening departure by Hurtigruten sailing north along the fjord indented coast to Honningsvåg with overnight in an inside 2 berth cabin with private WC/Shower. Dinner on board.

Day 3 HONNINGSVÅG – NORTH CAPE -KJØLLEFJORD-MEHAMN Late morning arrival in Honningsvåg from where by bus north to the vertiginous cliff face, christened North Cape by English explorer Richard Chancellor and labelled Europe’s northernmost point (even though it isn’t!). On arrival toast your intrepidity in champagne and gaze out across the eerie Arctic Ocean before returning to Honningsvåg and re-embarking on your ship. Sail across the Kjøllefjord, disembark, don thermal outerwear and snowmobile with your guide across the Nordkyn peninsula to the tiny fishing village of Mehamn. Supper, sauna and overnight in a waterside Rorbu. Traditional fishing village with huts.

Day 4 MEHAMN – KIRKENES Breakfast & time to savour this uniquely remote rugged spot overlooking the Barents Sea before re-embarking on the Coastal Steamer and cruising overnight above the 70th parallel to Kirkenes on the Norwegian/Russian border. Overnight in an inside 2 berth cabin with private WC/Shower. Dinner onboard.

Day 5 KIRKENES – SNOWHOTEL Disembark early morning and transfer to the Kirkenes Snowhotel. Store your luggage before getting ready to meet up with the sub-aquatic albatross of the Barents Sea: the two metre claws span King Crab. From Namndalen alongside a fjord you travel by snowmobile sledge to the edge of the ice where your driver guide helps you cut a hole in the ice from which you fish for crab to take back to the quayside, cook & enjoy. Late afternoon return to Kirkenes. Return to the Snowhotel for a welcome drink in the Snow Bar before a 3 course supper around an open fire in a traditional Sami ‘lavvo’. Afterwards take a look around the hotel and perhaps catch the Northern Lights before retiring to your Snow Suite and a night sleeping in a giant igloo at the very top of the world.

Day 6 KIRKENES – UK Warm up with a sauna before breakfast and transfer to the airport for return flight to the UK.

Just back from a fabulous holiday to Finland for my 50th birthday celebration. The entire trip was perfect, our excursions were fantastic, accommodation at the snow village in a snow suite and at Levin iglut igloos was unbelievable; all because of the services of Mags and Jules . They really made my dream a reality and I can’t thank them enough.

Jill and Craig
Lapland
(Feb 2020)

Thank you to Jules and Mags for finding & booking our honeymoon to Lapland. It was reassuring to know that there was a friendly and helpful person at the end of the phone should an issue arise. We would not hesitate to book with Travel with Jules again.

Matt & Zoe
Lapland Honeymoon
(Feb 2019)

I've used the services of Travel With Jules for several holidays now, including our honeymoon. Jules and Mags provide excellent suggestions & arrangements. Highlights were dog sledding, snowmobiling and the beautiful wild scenery of northern Finland.

Rod & Sam
Lapland
(Feb 2019)

We all can’t stop thinking and talking about our trip to Lapland. It truly was the holiday of a lifetime. From the Husky rides and snow shoeing to the Reindeer farm, sledging and of course meeting the man himself it was an amazing adventure.

Slater Family
Lapland
(Dec 2018)

Christmas day was wonderful, visiting reindeer, dog sledding, & a snowmobile aurora hunt. It was a magical atmosphere a highlight was walking across the frozen lake at 11 pm ... the stillness, peace and beauty.

Mrs S
Lapland
(Dec 2018)

We are so pleased you chose this destination for us, it was very authentic and non-commercial compared to Santa Claus Village where many of our friends had been!
The northern lights and stunning landscapes are never tiresome and I would love to go back again one day!

Phillips Family
Santa Lapland
(Dec 2018)

Thank you again for your help and support with organising the trip. It truly was spectacular and such an amazing place. The aurora display we got on the 3 nights in Dawson was out of this world at times the entire sky was filled above us and no lens would have been wide enough to capture it

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Mark Tolcher
(Aug

The meeting with Santa was perfect, they took us out on a snow mobile excursion then as we got to the forest we could see lights flickering in a cabin and went to take a look and found Santa! All the activities plus sledging was right outside the lodge. We loved it so much we might go back again!

Shaylor Family
Lapland
(December 2015)

In my view life is too short NOT to use Julie's experience and contacts when booking a holiday! I couldn't recommend Travel With Jules more highly.

Nicky Fussell
several destinations
(July 2015)

Wow, we had an amazing time in Canada! We mushed huskies and ski-dooed over frozen lakes in stunning blue skies and sunshine and saw the Northern Lights in the Yukon three nights in a row!

Julie & Chris Bartlett
Canada
(Feb 2014)

I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for organizing at late notice our holiday to Sweden. We had the most amazing time and got to see the Northern Lights on three nights, so we were really lucky. The trips were very well organized, the food was delicious and the people were charming. Camp Ripan was a great place to stay too. Thanks again for making it all happen for us.

Furley
Strandburg Family
Sweden

The tree hotel in Sweden was fantastic, we loved it and stayed in the Mirror Cube, when we woke up there were 12 reindeer asleep below the cube. Loved all excursions and cooking on an open fire in the forest in the snow was something else!

Denise Bush
Sweden
(January 2013)

We found Julie on line after reading that the Northern Lights were predicted to be exceptional in 2012 but didn't know how to book the best trip. She came up trumps with a snow shoeing holiday in Finland, good fun, active but not too challenging. The lights were spectacular and the eco camp a wonderful experience.

Mo Parker
Finland
(March 2012)

Julie, many, many thanks for the trip you organised for us to Norway for my wife’s surprise birthday present. Your help, both recommendations and bookings, made organising a holiday a pleasurable experience and having you available by phone and on-line to sort out any possible problems was reassuring.

Peter Robinson
Northern Norway
(Feb 2012)

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